Online chess community where you can play chess, learn strategies and tactics, read chess news, see book reviews, find rules & tips, get free downloads, and more! http://www.chess.com/ 2007 Chess.com One of the most anticipated publishing events of the year is the release of the new book by Garry Kasparov. Published by Everyman Chess, it is the second volume in the series entitled Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess. On Monday, September 29, 2008,... http://www.chess.com/news/kasparovs-interview Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:28:51 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/kasparovs-interview Let's face it: 99% of us don't play chess as well as we would like to, and the other 1% needs to learn some humility. One of the worst feelings in chess is missing those clearly winning moves that would have ended the game, but instead you... http://www.chess.com/news/why-your-brain-makes-you-play-worse Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:33:25 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/why-your-brain-makes-you-play-worse Ernikka Johnson, 10, and Jirrell Echols, 11, sat in school desks facing each other in math teacher Douglas Carey's classroom last Friday afternoon, a vinyl roll-up chessboard spread over the desktops between them. read more: http://www.freep.c... http://www.chess.com/news/kids-qualify-for-uscf-championship-but-need-funds Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:05:08 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/kids-qualify-for-uscf-championship-but-need-funds There are thousands of possible interests and hobbies that one can enjoy (check out this list!). If you're reading this, then you've probably already made "chess" on one of your personal interests - and lucky you! Chess is among ... http://www.chess.com/news/the-cost-of-enjoying-chess Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:40:04 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/the-cost-of-enjoying-chess    Adams enters Grand Prix:  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/03/13/result080313.xml http://www.chess.com/news/adams-enters-grand-prix Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:12:19 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/adams-enters-grand-prix    Karpov visites Chicago http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=153714&src=109 http://www.chess.com/news/karpov-in-chicago Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:47:45 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/karpov-in-chicago The Schein - Friedman Scholastic Recognition Project is glad to announce its first year scholarship recipients.read more: http://main.uschess.org/content/view/8255/443/ http://www.chess.com/news/schein-friedman-awards-announced Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:50:05 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/schein-friedman-awards-announced Nicholas Nip Youngest Master in American History at Age 9 Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 05 @ 16:32:54 CST Back: GM Yuri Shulman, Michael Yang, Gregory YoungFront: Nicholas Nip, Darwin Yang, Varun Krishnan, Atulya Shetty, Brian Luo... http://www.chess.com/news/youngest-master-in-american-history Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:20:12 -0800 http://www.chess.com/news/youngest-master-in-american-history For the past year I have been searching for a good handheld portable chess computer, but after ordering some less expensive versions with highly pixelated LCD screens I have been disappointed until Chessmaster for the Nintendo DS was released. I&#... http://www.chess.com/news/chessmaster-for-nintendo-ds2 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:53:12 -0800 http://www.chess.com/news/chessmaster-for-nintendo-ds2 It’s hard to name something “11th Edition” and have people get excited about it. The first 5 editions are pretty straightforward, then the 6th is fine because you have to get to the 7th which is a magic number, but then the 8th a... http://www.chess.com/news/review-chessmaster-grandmaster-edition Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:56:46 -0800 http://www.chess.com/news/review-chessmaster-grandmaster-edition Check this news about my nephew.   http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/onset?id=798&template=article.html   Ray Duque IIINew York City   http://www.chess.com/news/an-article-from-texas-about-my-nephew Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:01:10 -0800 http://www.chess.com/news/an-article-from-texas-about-my-nephew When somebody outside of the chess world hears "He/she's a chess player", there are certain pre-programmed misconceptions that automatically fill the mind. While some of these ideas may be based on legitimate stereotypes supported by... http://www.chess.com/news/-misconceptions-about-chess-players Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:54:55 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/-misconceptions-about-chess-players A lot of people have asked about how Chess.com got started, how it is doing now, and where it is going, so I thought I would share some of the inside story :) Chess.com as an online chess community was an idea I conceived a few years ago. I enjoye... http://www.chess.com/news/building-chesscom-part-1---getting-started Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:00:05 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/building-chesscom-part-1---getting-started After roughly 1,000 years of total computing time (~50 computers working for last 20 years), the game of checkers is no longer a game: it is simply a puzzle. Professor Jonathan Schaeffer has proven that with perfect play from both sides, checkers ... http://www.chess.com/news/computers-have-solved-checkers-is-chess-next Sun, 22 Jul 2007 09:26:10 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/computers-have-solved-checkers-is-chess-next I have often thought about what it would take to be a chess Grandmaster and if I could be one. I’ve concluded that I just could never get there. But through this process I have identified the 9 reasons why you and I are not one of the few hu... http://www.chess.com/news/9-reasons-you-are-not-a-chess-grandmaster Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:39:19 -0700 http://www.chess.com/news/9-reasons-you-are-not-a-chess-grandmaster